I totally understand! It seems really overwhelming if you haven’t done it before. Every other month is still a great idea! You got this!

Congratulations, that’s very exciting! Definitely a great time to reign in the unnecessary spending! Thank you for being here!

Not spending money so you can have money to do fun things during school breaks is such a great idea. It’s hard for EVERYONE right now 🙁 we’ve been really leaning into having friends over at our house or our kids playing at their friends houses. We take the dogs on hikes and other free stuff to get them out of the house/fill the time.

@@cassandraduran811 hi Cassandra! Thank you for being here! 🤍

Thank you! I agree, it’s plenty 👌🏻

Yes, common sense isn’t so common anymore - sadly. Thank you for being here!

Wow! Hi Vickie! I haven’t talked to you in ages! How funny you found my channel! Hope you’re well! ❤

​@SharieDeBord I am. I retired at the end of July as soon as I turned 62. I follow simple living and self sufficient channels. I was scrolling and said to myself, 'that looks like Sharie." And it was!!

Oh my gosh YES!!!!! I do this too! And make sure I’m not on their mail lists (Castlery and Article used to send me mailers all the time and the temptation was insane!)

That is a good motivation! 🙂

@@Emily_CM sadly we’ve really lost the art of contentment. It’s crucial to a good life IMO 😉

@ This is very true.

@@Emily_CM thank you for being here!

@ You’re welcome.

Entertainment stuff like concerts and sporting events I don't go to anyway so yes they're off limits but it's also not mentioned in the video because I don't go to them anyway, haha! The things I mentioned that are off limits are the things that I struggle with ... if it's not on the list it's not something I buy/attend anyway :) Hope that helps!

you're telling me! haha!

@@SharieDeBord because I buy them too !! I know !! LOL

Absolutely!

Drones are so much fun! It’ll be fun for you guys to do that together!

Toy rotation for pets, I love this! I honestly never considered it but it's a great strategy! Thank you for sharing this!

YES! This is the best way to not overspend. I don't use cash because I get my employee discount + 5% more off when I use my target debit card but it would be a really good challenge to see if I would save MORE buy using cash. Thanks for this!

I’m so glad you found it helpful! I wish you the best in your 2025! We got this!

I would recommend making a list of what you can and can’t buy and the months you want to do it! Having a plan is key to being successful! Thank you for being here

LITERALLY a must haha!

In such a high stimulation world, I'm so grateful my videos provide you with the opposite! I can't tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to tell me that! Thank you for being here! 🤍

When you start recognizing the impulses but don’t act on them, it’s crazy how much money you’ll notice you (used to) spend! Excited for you! Thank you for being here!

Hi Kellie! Thank you for being here! We can encourage and motivate each other through it!

@@holysimplicity so glad to have you here! 🤍

Amen!!

Thank you so much!

I love KZbin connects people who are so far from one another! So cool! Thank you for being here! ❤

Hi Mary Blake! I have two boys... one of which could care less about clothing but loves legos and one who would buy everything if he could (funny how different they are). With clothing, I buy them clothing when they genuinely need it. I typically shop secondhand as well, because that's much cheaper. I think not shopping regularly also helps. When you're out shopping, naturally you're going to come across things that are tempting so I eliminate the impulse by not shopping in store as often as I can (I just released a video about 20 things I quit and this was on that list if you'd like a more in-depth explanation :)) With gifts.... again, I have it sort of easy because my kids ONLY asked for legos this year. So, I made a budget and used an excel spreadsheet with a list of who is getting what and what the cost is. This completely eliminated any kind of impulsivity because I was able to do it all on-line. I promise you, our kids are happier with LESS stuff and MORE of our attention :) So, in sum... I only shop for clothing when they need it and stick to second hand (if I can't do second hand I do online) and I only buy them what they need (we have a one in one out rule we follow and the kids know this) and I make a very detailed plan for gifts which makes it easier. Since I know how much we're spending, I know that overspending will get us further from our goals and that helps me to not want to buy impulsive gifts. I hope this helps! Thank you for being here! Sharie

I love that mindset! I promise life gets better with less stuff! Good luck! I'm rooting for you!

Me too. I really want to change.

Good luck! You can do it!

I am interested to see if my perspective on no-buys shifts after doing it for a full year. I think only buying these when they need replacing is a great way to live anyway! I agree that we really don't need much to live a good life, but dang our culture has fed us a lie that says otherwise hasn't it?!

I have not done a no-spend year before. But I think your approach will be the best for me too. I am what many would consider a "prepper". We maintain a stock of all essentials and extra food year round. I requested some personal items I am always tempted to spend money on for Christmas (beauty items, clothes, books) so hopefully I can be successful in not buying them later. 😅

@ asking for them for Christmas is a GREAT strategy! Smart move! You got this!

@@kathrynp7595 ah, yes… we don’t eat out. It’s just too expensive and I have celiac which makes it hard so that’s not something we do anyway. Hope this helps! Thank you for being here!

@ My daughter is Celiac too. We have to be really careful at eating only at complete Gluten free restaurants, luckily we live in San Diego so there are quite a few to choose from. We usually just eat out for special occasions

@ I live in GA and unfortunately we don’t have dedicated restaurants so it’s easier and cheaper to just eat at home 🙂

I love that you've already done a full no year spend! That is my motivation for wanting to do it in 2025 is to get the habits that LAST. Doing it for a month is great, but I've found that I tend to slip back into old habits so hoping a longer no spend will change that. I'm driving my paid off Nissan rogue and my favorite thing about it is that it doesn't have a payment LOL I dread the day she gives up on me!

This is great wisdom, thank you!

Ugh, I'm the WORST at meal planning. Between my husband not being home every night, my kids being picky and me having celiac it's really difficult! I need to get better at it though. I know it would greatly help our grocery budget (which is currently insane!).

Sinking funds are such a great tool! Really glad you're doing those! Especially for Christmas... it just makes the season so much less stressful! Realizing what you NEED and also what you actually value is really helpful in eliminating the excess. Once you get clear on your values, your finances tend to fall into place :) Thank you for being here!

December is a tough time to start a no spend! Well done! Can't wait to hear more about it as we go through the challenge together! Thank you for being here!

I would love to but I have trouble dealing with dog poop (we have a puppy) and bacon grease without paper towels. Id love to hear your thoughts on a work around for those!

This is a great tip! I get sucked into sales too... "well it's 30%off!" but then I remind myself that it could be 100% off if I don't buy it. Hard to argue that logic haha!

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! You nailed it on the head with social media hurting more than it helps. That's what I think about when that inkling of wanting it back comes... It never did me more good than harm. Sure, I found inspiration but I also found myself feeling lacking, wanting more, being discontent...I can find inspiration elsewhere that doesn't come with all those side effects :)

I See lots of people doing low-buys and I'm such an all or nothing person I don't think I could do it lol I would have to do a no buy :) Can you explain what your low-buy consists of? I'd love to hear! Thanks for being here!

@SharieDeBord sure! A low buy is a no buy with looser guidelines, in my opinion. I am one of those people who freezes up with black and white rules (I have OCD) so I need to keep rules gentler. So I don't do the ultra strict "rent, groceries, gas and nothing else". I allow some fun purchases like digital games and ebooks, because my low buy is motivated by climate concerns. But the low buy rules I have keep me from making impulsive purchases, and make me really think through any purchases I do make.

@@victoria9663 Funny how we're all different! I'm the opposite... if I don't have strict rules I will bend the heck out of them to justify a purchase haha! I'm glad you know what works for you!

@SharieDeBord haha! Glad we're both doing what we need to 😄

Wow, I love the time and thought that went into your comment! I agree with so much of what you said! Especially how we become accustomed to the intense scent that our homes have when we use the plug ins… and it definitely takes a period of adjustment to get used to a lesser scent/no scent. And if you keep things clean there shouldn’t be a (bad) smell even if you don’t use scented things :) I tried a safety razor several years ago and it didn’t work well for me. I couldn’t get a close shave, I was so bummed! I recently heard about the metal ear cleaner… that is so cool! I need to look into it! OMG FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU DON’T NEED TO USE EVEN 1/4 OF THE AMOUNT THE BOTTLE RECOMMENDS! Haha! I love that you know this too… so many people go off the bottle label and it actually does more harm than good. I have a down jacket that has to be washed with a special tech soap and before I wash it have to do a rinse cycle on my washer to get the regular detergent out (or else it can ruin the down in my jacket)… and when I do it there’s still suds in there even without soap! So even using the small amount that I use, I could still stand to cut back on! We definitely don’t need much at all! Again, thank you for this wonderful comment! Thank you also for being here! 🤍 - Sharie

@@SharieDeBord I am the one who is wowed 😱 Never thought anybody would read the comment since it turned out to be so long! And thank you for taking the time to reply. Exactly. Make sure things are clean and ventilate, there is no need for damaging substances in the air. There is plenty of that when we are outside, why damage our health at home too? What a pity that the safety razor did not work for you. Was it a good quality one? I once got a €15 one and that was money thrown down the toilet. Now I have one that costs more than double but it'll last. One thing I can recommend if it is something you are interested in is getting lasered. You can do it professionally, which costs quite a lot, but there are some home gadgets to be found that are good. I had the Philips Lumea back in 2010 and it did help. I didn't like the fact that it took 3 years to charge but what a difference. Now whenever I fly back to Spain I go to a professional since it is a lot cheaper than here in Germany. I use the razor because there are a couple of stubborn hairs that still come out. The metal ear cleaner that I have is this one: heikowild.de/ohrreiniger/ohrreiniger-edelstahl-70-mm.html. When I was a kid my mom used to use this one: www.apotheke.de/ohrenreiniger-mit-metallschlinge-12stk-pzn-03166451. This could be good too, but never tried one like this: www.ebay.com/itm/316016159723?_skw=metal+ear+cleaner&itmmeta=01JEBQ0APNQ8G0S8JXMFG1D2MA&hash=item499407ebeb:g:z9QAAOSwVAtnTEQd&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKlSVRY%2BVDEy3NzpYXxjNFcmQ5Wa6yXrgqgcjudwHQRYeJITAbkD23RJFZhjvfIerIyeuapavs%2FDnzsf3PkfUoZ6LtylZG5kGDokvGSoGnN0cEZnyhun7ItWUm8VDADCAKxMMg1jGjzM3TtMARMmlFcFXxQSu1jz7kb%2BnTsbZT%2BEmf2QseDM9cBy03vhK2LC9odytSiLY%2BiCyKdVzGDEF4gVKacoohP9PkUOVeZavRXL4qXV5KsGES3FzwtbRq2fyC6ss4aNbg5eB1VCcDXFosvhzvOSxWIm3abH%2BanmFNzfiA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8KrgffyZA The rest of the ones I've seen look scary 😄 Well, THANK YOU for being like that too. Idk why people are always so wasteful with everything. A ton of toothpaste on the toothbrush, half a bottle of detergent for one wash, water running while brushing your teeth or washing pots, then for that also humongous amounts of washing liquid... They might be cheap things but if you have to keep buying them regularly, you are wasting money. We get almost everything that has to do with home and cleaning from the zero-waste shop (I think you can tell I am a fan 😄). I bought detergent concentrate from there, it lasted 2 years. If you have kids might be less but you really only needed a teaspoon per wash and I had a 1 L bottle. Thank you again for taking the time to read and reply to the comment and for sharing. Let's try to make the world a better place. Let's thrive on capitalism's tears 😍

@@SharieDeBord Oh, you know what? Another thing that annoys me and that I try to avoid is eating out or going for drinks (mostly tea/coffee). The prices of food have gone up but the sizes have gone smaller. Also, I have to eat gluten-free. So when my friend paid her debt of inviting me for food, we went to this pizza place. The g-f dough used to cost €3. A couple of months ago it had gone up to 4 and when we ordered 2 weeks ago it had gone up to 5. I can't help it if I can't tolerate gluten. So no more pizza for me. That was ludicrous! I don't know how much it costs over there but I am a big tea drinker and I refuse to pay €4 for hot water with a few leaves. I have a thermos bottle, fill it up and go for a walk with it and friends. Or we drink at each other's houses. Or in the park. For that price I can buy enough loose tea leaves to drink one tea a day for months. That does not mean that I never go out for food or a drink but I have a limit of once a week for a drink and twice a month for food. If I am travelling I make more exceptions but at home? No, no. It might sound stingy but everything is so damn expensive... I am closer to being under the poverty line than I am to being rich so we have to be careful. Let's spend on things that really add value to our lives and mostly it is experiences, especially if you have the right people around you. At least that's been it for me. Monologue over 😄

@@Merryyy203 I love engaging with people who have the same passions as me, so it's a pleasure to chat with you! Thank you for all the links that you provided! I will look at all of them! I loved "let's thrive on capitalisms tears" haha! That was great! Thank you for being here! - Sharie

@@Merryyy203 "Let's spend on things that really add value to our lives and mostly it is experiences, especially if you have the right people around you." Nailed it!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for being here! 🤍 are you doing a no spend in 2025?

@SharieDeBord sort of. I don't buy fastfood and couple of other things anymore

@@DavidKnicks It's crazy we spend on fast food what we used to at a sit down restaurant! I definitely have opted out of that, such a waste!

Paying off debt is a huge reason why I'm doing a no spend too! I can't wait to be cc debt free at the end of 2025! I am so excited that you will be sharing in that celebration too! Whoo hoo! We can do this! Thank you for being here!

I’m so glad it added value to you! That’s what I want my videos to do! And yes, changing my ringer was such a small thing but had such a big impact to my morning! I definitely recommend changing it to a more calming tone. Thank you for being here Vivi! 🤍

@@vivihairstyles2113 I’m so glad it was valuable! Thank you for being here! 🤍